Civilian Casualties

عسقلان, Ashkelon, Southern, Israel

LOCATION

Rockets fired by Al-Qassam hit the city of Ashkelon, reportedly leading to injuries for between six and eight civilians who fell whilst running to bomb shelters. Civilians were transferred to Barzillai Hospital for treatment. According to one source, around 5.30pm eight physically injured civilians arrived at Barzillai hospital including one victim who was injured in

Summary

6–8

Causes of injury / death

Palestinian Militants

المليحة, Al Maliha, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCCSY) reported that one civilian was killed by alleged Russian or Syrian regime forces in the village of Al Maliha, Damascus governorate, on March 20th, 2018. Currently, further information is unavailable to Airwars.

Summary

أم النصر, Um Al Nasser, North Gaza, the Gaza Strip

LOCATION

An intense barrage of Israeli missiles were fired into Um Alnsar Village, also known as Al Badawiya village, in Northern Gaza. Three missiles penetrated the walls of the Nassar Abu Fares family home, whilst reportedly 25 people were in the living room celebrating Eid al-Fitr, killing at least seven civilians and injuring at least twelve

Summary

(2 children3–4 women2 men)

7 – 8

12–25

Israeli Military

15 named, 1 familiy identified

زملكا, Zamalka, Damascus, Syria

LOCATION

Between 16 and 25 civilians were killed and up to 200 were wounded in aerial and artillery strikes on residential neighbourhoods in the city of Zamalka, Eastern Ghouta. Several sources claimed Russian forces were responsible for the attack, whereas others blamed the Assad regime. Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,

Summary

16 – 25

(1 woman3 men)

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN), Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

90–200

Causes of injury / death

4 named

الطريق بين باب الهوى وسرمدا, Road between Bab Al Hawa and Sarmada, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Ten civilians were injured in the second incident of a ‘double-tap’ strike on the Sarmada, reportedly carried out by Russian or Syrian regime forces, on October 16th 2021. The strike represents a significant escalation of violence observed in the past month. Details of the first incident are archived under incident R4402 on the Airwars site.

Summary

مرعيان, Mar'ayan, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two children were killed when a bomb from a previous Russian bombing exploded in the village of Mar’ayan in Idlib, Syria on June 21st, 2018 according to local sources. Step News Agency tweeted that “Two children were killed in the village of Mar’ayan in Idlib countryside, as a result of an explosion of a bomb

Summary

(2 children)

الرطبة, Ar Rutbah, Al Anbar, Iraq

LOCATION

In a likely US or British drone strike, a truck was inadvertently hit during an airstrike at Ar Rutbah, according to a declassified CENTCOM report. “2 seconds prior to weapon impact, a large truck inadvertently arrived at the checkpoint. The back section of the truck was possibly damaged during the strike.” The driver was observed

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

معرزاف, Maarzaf, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Between four and 10 children were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on the town of Maarzaf on November 28, 2021. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, 10 children, all from one family, were injured as a result of laser-guided artillery shelling against civilian homes in Maarzaf. One of the injured children was heard

Summary

4–10

2 named, 1 familiy identified

الشريعة, Al Shari’a, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

According to a single source, the Shaam News network, “Russian warplanes carried out heavy air raids accompanied by heavy shelling and shelling on the towns and villages” including Al Shari’a. The strikes reportedly led to an unspecified number of injuries among civilians. @JENdKRNgtkxLE7i reported that “Russian warplanes targeted a number of bridges in Sahel Al-Ghab.

Summary

تقاد, Taqad, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was wounded in an airstrike reportedly by Russian warplanes when they targted the town of Takad in the western countryside of Aleppo on February 15th 2020, according to local sources and media. @Rey7d, a local source on Twitter posted, “a person was wounded in an air strike by Russian warplanes targeting the town

Summary

قرية الخالدية, Al Khaldiya village, Hama, Syria

LOCATION

Russian warplanes attacked the village of Khalidiya in the Hama countryside, according to local sources, injuring a number of civilians. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported violent explosions caused by strikes in the area. According to Step, “Seven people were injured as a result of the air and ground bombardment of the villages of

Summary

2–7

الدحلة, Al Dahla, Deir Ezzor, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian, named in local sources as Ibrahim Khalif Ali Al-Ammar, aged 52, was reportedly killed during a Syrian Democratic Forces and US-led Coalition raid on the village of Al-Dahla, in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, at dawn on February 22nd 2022. According to local sources, he was shot at dawn when his house was

Summary

LOCATION

حاس, Hass, Idlib, Syria

Between one and three medical staff members of the Nabd Al Hayat Hospital or Sham Hospital in the town of Hass were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on September 8th, 2018, according to local sources. @BonnieKipperman reported that the Sham hospital had completely run out of service due to barrel strikes by Syrian

Summary

Healthcare facility

1–3

Suspected target

منبجالمحسنلي, Mihsenli village, Manbij, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

At least one civilian was injured in alleged Turkish shelling and/or strikes on Mihsenli village in northern Manbij on May 9, 2022. According to Hawar News, a civilian was injured when Turkish forces shelled rural Manbij. A statement released by the Media Office of the Manbij Military Council reported that the civilian was injured in Mihsenli

Summary

Turkish Military

سنونو, Sunin, Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

Between one to five civilians were reportedly killed, and three to ten were injured in Sunin, Sinjar, Iraq, as a result of an attack by a Turkish drone on June 15th 2022. Up to six militants were also reported killed in this attack. One child, Salah Shifan Khader Nassou, aged 11 or 12, was reported

Summary

1 – 5

(1 child1–2 men)

3–10

3 named, 1 familiy identified

Belligerents reported killed

قرية مجيبيره, Mujbayrah village, Al Hassakah, Syria

LOCATION

One civilian was killed by a reported Turkish artillery and rocket fire when it struck Mujbayrah village, Tel Tamr in Al Hassakah, Syria, on July 24th 2022. Four to five others, including two women, were injured. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the bombardment resulted in the death of one civilian in Mujbayrah

Summary

(1 man)

4–5

خان شيخون, Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Two to eight civilians were reported wounded in an airstrike on Khan Sheikoun, Idlib, on July 7th. Khansheikoun Lens reported that “four men, three women and one girl were injured in four air strikes by Russian warplanes targeting the residential neighborhoods of Khan Sheikhoun.” Smart News initially reported that two were wounded in the strike,

Summary

2–8

Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia

LOCATION

On August 14th 2022 there were reports that a US airstrike killed 13 to 14 members of Al Shabaab in the town of Beledweyne, in Hiran region of central Somalia, as reported by a state-owned national television. US AFRICOM confirmed this strike on August 17th in a statement which said that “US forces engage insurgents

Summary

Belligerents reported killed

13–14

قرية البيدر, Al Baydar in Al Karama village, Raqqa, Syria

LOCATION

Two civilians, a man and his minor son, were killed and another man, who is alleged to be a civilian or a member of ISIS, was injured during an airdrop operation carried out by the Coalition and the SDF in the village of Al Baydar on September 20, 2022. According to the Euphrates Post, Muhammad

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

IDP or refugee camp

(1 child1 man)

0–1

Small arms and light weapons

2 named, 1 familiy identified

Geolocation

Village

Belligerents reported injured

0–1

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria

LOCATION

Four civilians, three from the same family, were injured by a a double tap shelling carried out by the Syrian regime and/or Russian forces against the city of Darat Izza on October 28, 2022. According to the @SyriaCivilDefe, four civilians, three of them from the same family, were wounded when two cars were hit by

Summary

الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, Libya

LOCATION

Various sources reported Egyptian airstrikes destroying 10 vehicles allegedly loaded with ammunition and weapons at the Libyan side of the border. “‘The air force has dealt a new blow to smugglers and infiltrators across the border,’ preventing them from bringing weapons and ammunition into Egypt, army spokesman Tamer al-Refai said in a statement posted on

Summary

Egyptian Military

جسر الشغور, Jsir Al Shoughour, Idlib, Syria

LOCATION

Local source Shaam News reported that Russian warplanes increased air raids on a number of towns and villages in Idlib in Hama, targeting several civilian areas. According to Jisr Media Center, 5 civilians were injured in 4 air raids with more than 12 missiles that struck the city of Jisr al-Shoughour and its surrounding. Syrian

Summary

School

Syrian Regime, Russian Military

5 named

Волохів Яр, Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

On February 26th 2022, between one and five civilians were killed, including two 42 year old women and three young men, two who were born in 2000 and 2004, were reported killed and 14 others reported wounded when a passenger bus was hit by alleged Russian gunfire in the village of Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Summary

1 – 5

(2 women3 men)

جبل اسوس شارباجار, Mount Assos, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

LOCATION

At least one civilian was killed and up to five others were injured in alleged Turkish airstrikes/drone strikes on Mount Assos on December 2, 2022. The mayor of Charbajar, Shaho Othman, told Kurdistan 24 that three people were wounded and three civilians were missing following Turkish airstrikes on Mount Assos. Kurdistan 24 later revised their casualty

Summary

Agriculture

1 – 2

1–5

الموصل‎, Near Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

LOCATION

In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the US-led Coalition later admitted that it had injured one civilian near Mosul five months earlier. Their November 2016 civilian casualty report noted: “June 26, 2016, near Mosul, Iraq, during a strike against an ISIL target, it is assessed that one individual was injured after entering the

Summary

Known belligerent

US-led Coalition

Слобожанське, Slobozhanske, Kharkiv, Ukraine

LOCATION

Between four and five civilians, including two women and two children, were killed and another child was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes and/or artillery shelling of the village of Slobozhanske on March 9, 2022. The DSNS posted on Telegram that shelling of the village of Slobozhanske in the Balakliya community struck a private residential building,

Summary

4 – 5

(2 children2 women1 man)

بنغازي‎, Leithi, Benghazi, Libya

LOCATION

LNA reported that it carried out intensive airstrikes against ISIS targets in the Sabri, Bouatni, Al-Leithi, Hawari and Qawarsheh areas of Benghazi. However, despite the intensive attacks there were no known local reports of civilian harm.

Summary

Libyan National Army

Almiskad mountains, Bari, Somalia

LOCATION

An ISIS leader and 10 of his associates were killed by a declared US counterterrorism operation in the Almiskad mountains of Bari region, Somalia on January 25, 2023. One US service member was injured during the operation when a dog bit him. AFRICOM initially released a statement that “the U.S. military conducted a successful counterterrorism operation

Summary

Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Small arms and light weapons

Belligerents reported killed

Belligerents reported injured

زوارة, Zuwara, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya

LOCATION

Two civilians were reported injured as a result of alleged LNA airstrikes in Zuwara. Abdo Kablan posted on Twitter that LNA planes bombed “Zuwara and Gharyan, thank god there are no dead but two wounded in the city of Zuwara.” Other sources reported LNA airstrikes in the area but no civilian harm.

Summary

Libyan National Army